ERIK SCHELZIG
Associated Press Writer
NASHVILLE – A national group called the American Future Fund is spending up to $250,000 on television ads hammering Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Haslam for price gouging cases brought against a family-owned Pilot chain of truck stops.
Nick Ryan, a veteran Republican activist who heads the Des Moines, Iowa-based organization, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the ad stating that “Bill Haslam ripped off Tennessee” is being aired in the Nashville, Memphis and Tri-Cities markets.
Ryan said the group isn’t supporting the bids of either of the other GOP candidates in the race, U.S. Rep Zach Wamp of Chattanooga and state Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey of Blountville.